Hannah Waddingham is known for her roles on stage and screen and has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA TV Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and three Laurence Olivier Awards.
She gained stardom playing Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Other notable television roles include playing Tonya Dyke in Benidorm (2014), Septa Unella in the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2015–2016), Jax-Ur in Krypton (2018–2019) and Sofia Marchetti in Sex Education (2019–2023). She voices the snarky goddess Deliria in animated series Krapopolis (2023-present), for which she earned an Emmy Award nomination. On film, she has acted in the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Winter Ridge (2018), the animated film The Garfield Movie (2024), the action comedy The Fall Guy (2024), and the action film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025).
On stage, she appeared in a number of West End musicals, earning three nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances as Lady of the Lake in the Monty Python musical comedy Spamalot (2007), The Witch in "Into the Woods",Desirée Armfeldt in the Stephen Sondheim musical revival A Little Night Music (2010), and Katharine in the Cole Porter musical romance comedy Kiss Me, Kate (2013). She made her Broadway debut reprising her role in the New York City transfer of Spamalot (2008). Waddingham also co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 and hosted the Laurence Olivier Awards twice in 2023 and 2024.
Hannah WaddinghamKiss Me, Kate
Hannah Waddingham, A Little Night Music
Hannah Waddingham, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hannah Waddingham has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Hannah Waddingham has appeared on London's West End in 4 shows.
Hannah Waddingham's first West End show was The Beautiful Game which opened in 2000
Best Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Kiss Me, Kate, Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment (Olivier Awards) for A Little Night Music and Best Actress In A Musical (Olivier Awards) for Monty Python's Spamalot.
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